Mail receptacle for steering posts of automobiles



MAIL RECEPTACLE OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO S Patented Feb. 22, 1927.

JOSEPH ROGRRs, or INDIAN TRAIL, NORTH CAROLINA. f

MAIII RROEPTAGLR 'FORYSTERRING rOsT's or AUTOMOBILES. i

Application inea August 7, 1925. semina. liavliaf4 My invention relates to receptacles ladapted to be attached to the steering post of an automobile, the objects being'to pro-l vide areceptaclecapable of holding letters 'and other mail matterv insuch a way as to render them` visible at all times to the occupant of the automobile; another object of my invention is to provide easy means for the distribution of mail along rural routes, where it -is desired to have the mail arranged vin their box order; another object of invention is to provide a speciallv constructedreceptacle with special fastening means, and

lone that can be manufactured at a very small cost, and one that will till a long felt,

needk among the rural mail carriers.

Having thus stated some of the objects of i my invention, a brief description of the drawings will now be, given in which` `Figure l isr a perspective view'o'f my receptacle showing itattached to Vthe steering post of anautom'obile; y y v Figure 2 is a plan view of my .device gr,

Figure 3 is a side elevation Ot my. recep-jl grooves 3 and 4 therein, whichy fit on each,V

side of the steering post. The numerals and 6 indicate the respective sides of the receptacle, while'? indicates the closed end. The corners Vot. the sides are cut off as at 8 and 9. Y

In the bottom of the grooves 3 and 4- holes arel made, and/thru theseholes bolts Vl0 penetrate. AThese boltsil() also penetrater culs 1l on the lower side of the steering post for securing the device to the steering in a rigid and secure-manner.

VThe sidese and 6,- and the post vbeen served. Y Y

bottom 2 are y preferablyL of one continuous piece of sheet metal, and the end 7 may-also be a part of the piece out of which thefdevice is made.

The groovesv 3 and 4 are stamped in the metal sheet,.theV corners.v are Acut away, and

the sides and 'end joinedl together asr at 12 and 13 by means of soldering or other de-y vsired means, and thus constructed the devicel is ready to be attached to the steering post of an automobile.r

-The device is attached-,to the steeringpost of an vautomobile and thenthe letters `ory v other-mail matt-er is placed therein, and the rural mail carrier proceeds onvvhis route.` AThe first box to be served will receive vmailY v from the l' front portion of ther-box, then the" 'next patron vto be served will be ,shown by the address on the next'succeeding'piece'of` mail matter, and thus on until Athe yroute has i Thus it-vvill be seen that I have provided and convenience to mailA carriers, one which willf render thenmail or" any patron readily available at allv timeswithout the necessity of loosening now in use. j

Having thus fully described my invention, n vwhat I desire to protect and securevbyLetters Patent will be set forth in the appended claim, it being understood that` I have shown,-

Only a preferred embodiment of my invenstraps or other crude devicesv ti0n,. andthat structural details may bey changed lfrom Vtime Yto time, so long as they fall withinv the scope of thel appended claim v: I; claim v '.In a device otv the classrdescribed, are-V yceptacle having a fiat bottom, .two sides and yone end being ljoined to said bottom and i positioned at rightfangles thereto, grooves in. the bottom, holesv in said grooves, bolts in said holes, vand means cooperating with said bolts vfor securing the receptacle to the steering post of an aute'iiiobile.

In testimony that .l claim `the as my own, 'have hereunto set mysign ature this they 23rd day of July, `1925.

. y JOSEPH ROGERS. ,Y

foregoing'.

70j i f mail vreceptacle which will be of great service 

